The Infinity Ark Project

Who I am and what I'm about

• Hello, my name is ((Kenny-White-Lion on Deviantart.com)) I'm a 20 year old developing small time writer who writes whenever I have an interesting idea. I've been writing for around 3 years now but I didn't publish anything serious yet. My goal is writing exciting stories while incorporating community created content into them. 

What I'd like to do

• The money donated will go to art commissions for the characters that I created for my series "The Infinity Ark." My plan is to use community created music, sounds, and design concepts such as vehicles,weapons, and outfits in order to help those that wish to have more exposure in society. Another thing that I would like to do is feature characters on what I call "Bases" I use a commissioned template body and have various other artists draw distinct features like hair and faces. With funding, I hope to get story characters done.

What this is

• "The Infinity Ark" is a story that I made up in my free time over the years I've been writing. The story takes place in a virtual environment that will be constantly changing. The Infinity ark is a story where anything can happen; there is no limit to what can happen in this virtual world. There are a couple of main characters within the story. The few chapters of the series will focus on a character named Enos. Enos is a hacker character related to one of the developers of Infinity Ark. When the head developer went missing, Enos went to find them only he will find that the world he has to search through is scarier than the real world. Enos will have to beat certain sections of the virtual world in order to uncover the whereabouts of the game developer. Time is not on Enos's side as a rival corporation is also trying to uncover the whereabouts of the developer. Why, one may ask? Only time will tell perhaps the mysterious NPC that follows Enos may also give a clue.
  

Why it matters to me

• ·The project is important to me because I want to help give people who may not have a spotlight much needed exposure. This project matters to me because I want people that don't have much notice to have a chance to be in the spotlight. And hopefully this project will be one that can help move people forward a bit to help display alternative use for their creations.
  

What We Need & What You Get

• The funding will go directly to the artists that I commissioned from deviant art to make the character designs. I will always list them with credits at the end of each Episode. The list may change due to their availability but you will always know who I am giving your hard-earned money to due to use both keeping records. The reason why the funding is $1000 is that many things such as custom faces, clothes, and accessories need to be purchased and most artists charge $2-3USD for faces, $5-8USD for outfits, and $2-5USD for hairs with each price depending on the artist. This project is one that I want to keep doing for a while so imagine having 20-200 different well written characters needing and outfit, face, and some hair. All of those parts mentioned above could cost around $300-400USD depending on the difficulty and artist of each outfit. One thing I will do is release the resources for those characters so you can play around and make new characters or series yourself using the resources.

• Additionally I plan on making some VN (Visual Novel) episodes that anyone can interact with. The program that I am considering is called TyranoBuilder an easy to use VN builder which costs $14.99 USD. 
• For those that contribute $50 or more you will receive early access to the VN episodes and the normal episodes. A pre-made weapon model will be dedicated to you, and you have the ability to name two of them for the series. You can even decide who, how, and where they are used.
• Those that donate $100 will be able to tinker with the descriptions,abilities, and stats of some the main weapons within the series. You will even be able to create a custom vehicle that can be used by a faction or and individual all with its own description, abilities, and stats. The individual will even have the choice to create a custom species within the series.

• To individuals that donate $200 will receive a custom Visual Novel episode along with a slot to feature a custom character within the series. You will even get a custom area that the characters within will adventure in or visit it can be another city, a small house, or a pizza place.

• With funding I hope to get the story characters which will have things such as full body commissions for the VN, monster designs, and character clothing designs. All of which will be released to the public so that any individual can play with.
  
• Some of the Artists: wenart.deviantart.com/, kittychiii.deviantart.com/, kittycouch.deviantart.com/,lynashi.deviantart.com/, spaca.deviantart.com/, to name a few hopefully the list will expand.
• If the goal isn't reached then I will use what there is to pay these talented artists. So whether there is only $1 contributed or $200 contributed the money will still go towards the development of the series.
  

The Impact

• One of the main goals of this project is it can get people that don't have much notice a chance to be in the spotlight. I am not an individual with thousands of people subscribed to my deviant art page but I will do my best to get people noticed. Hopefully this project will be one that can help move unnoticed creators forward a bit. Most of my videos receive around 400+ views per video so there is potential for any individual to benefit.
  

• My deviant art Page is listed here kenny-white-lion.deviantart.co… for examples of some projects that I have helped some individuals with. It also features some examples of the way that I layout my stories as they are never just text you scroll down to look at.
  

Risks & Challenges

• Submitting your own designs, concepts,ideas, and music is another big way that you can help. If the idea can be used then I will do my best to incorporate it within the series. So please do not be afraid to submit your works to me I will look at it and do my best to fit it within the story or a side episode.

• The only challenge that stands in the way of this whole project coming together is time. Sometimes the artists get busy with other things they have to do in life.
  

• With the help of the community I plan on getting as many artists that can via fliers, job offers, or seeking out artists on various websites individually. So that can always have backup artists and never just one artist for the whole project.

Other Ways You Can Help

I am open to ideas for the series so any suggestions are welcome.

• Helping to spread the word around.
• Additional ideas that can improve the story.
• Critiques,Criticism, and Concerns.